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Tracy K. Smith

Tracy K. Smith
Tracy K. Smith is a librettist, translator and the author of five acclaimed poetry collections, including Life on Mars, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Her memoir, Ordinary Light, was a finalist for the National Book Award. From 2017 to 2019, she served as the 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States. She lives in Massachusetts.


Writing Discipline Envy: Tracy K. Smith Wakes Early and Meditates

The Author of To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire
November 6, 2023  By Tracy K. Smith
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A New Poem by Tracy K. Smith

Celebrating This Year's PEN World Voices Festival
May 13, 2022  By Tracy K. Smith
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“Some Trees”

A Poem by Tracy K. Smith
October 18, 2021  By Tracy K. Smith
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Tracy K. Smith on Translating
the World of Yi Lei

"She was and remains a revolutionary voice"
November 11, 2020  By Tracy K. Smith
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How Audre Lorde’s Experience of Breast Cancer Fortified Her Revolutionary Politics

Tracy K. Smith on The Cancer Journals
October 14, 2020  By Tracy K. Smith
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Dear Black America:
A Letter From Tracy K. Smith

"We revel in the depth and the flair and the belief and the secrecy of Blackness."
July 2, 2020  By Tracy K. Smith
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What Memoir Can Do That Poetry Can’t

Tracy K. Smith on finding memories buried in words
April 16, 2015  By Tracy K. Smith
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